Android Studio DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in

Question

I use Android Studio to develop an application and I face this error which I have no idea how to solve.

com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]

:app:lintVitalRelease
:app:prePackageMarkerForRelease
:app:transformClassesWithDexForRelease FAILED
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:transformClassesWithDexForRelease'.
> com.android.build.api.transform.TransformException: com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException: method ID not in [0, 0xffff]: 65536
Information:BUILD FAILED
Information:Total time: 34.783 secs
Information:1 error 

Answer 1

Try to enable multiDex in build.gradle:

android {

    defaultConfig {
        ...

        // Enabling multidex support.
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    ...
}

dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
}

This article may helpful: DexIndexOverflowException issue after updating to latest appcompat and support library

Answer 2

Android has a pre-defined upper limit of Methods of 65536.

if you added play services as whole please remove it and add specific ones.

remove compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.6.1' and then add ex: compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.6.1' for maps.

https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup

shows a list of the separate APIs that you can include when compiling your app, and how to describe them in your build.gradle file